Lead Purchaser

at  Stora Enso

Would you like to be a part of the global bio-economy, a leading provider of renewable products and one of the largest private forest owners in the world? We here in Stora Enso believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow.
We are now looking for a Lead Purchaser to join our Sourcing team in the Wood Products Division, Finland.
Career for a better climate. Every day.
In this role, you are responsible for negotiating local contracts, framing agreements, handling one-off investments and major repair purchases with negotiations, and delivering materials and services to meet customer order requirements. You plan and run negotiations within the given framework and according to guidelines for Finnish mills in the Wood Products Division. Your tasks also include to secure the best price for all purchases without jeopardizing quality. You participate in developing local sourcing plans and source-to-contract processes.
You are responsible for keeping negotiated purchases running smoothly by ensuring that it has all of the supplies, and services that it needs. The purchaser is a negotiator who must be a good steward of the company’s financial resources. With the target to support daily business, reduce procurement spend, and lower the OWC as well as contribute to the development of the function toward best practice. You also maintain a database of vendors and act as a sourcing representative towards Mill and Categories and suppliers.
You also provide assistance and advice to all department managers regarding purchases and purchase cycles from the commercial point of view and capture cross-mills synergies. In this role, you report to Purchasing Manager. We apply a hybrid way of working. Your location could be either in one of our Mills or in the Helsinki office. Our Mills are located in Varkaus, Joutseno and Kemi, Veitsiluoto.
Who we are looking for?
We are looking for a person with a college/university degree in a relevant area (engineering/technical or economics/finance). You have 3-5 years’ experience within the field of Purchasing. You communicate fluently in Finnish and English written and spoken, both languages are mandatory. Your daily work is mostly with Finnish-speaking stakeholders.

Additional skills that will help you succeed in this role:

• Good communication skills and influencing skills. Ability to negotiate.
• Solid team player with the ability to work independently and in an international context.
• Proactive, result-oriented, willing to take initiative and responsibility.
• Good networking and communication skills with experience acting in matrix organizations.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to a changing working environment.
• Administrative skills and well-structured.
• Process and applications skills: SAP MM, MS Office, Outlook.

What we offer
By joining us, you will be part of our diverse working culture supporting you to explore new perspectives and develop professionally. You will contribute towards a more sustainable world, as we believe that anything made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. To keep you going safely, we support your physical and mental well-being.
How can you apply for this role?
You can only submit your application to us by using our recruitment tool. As we are assessing our candidates on an ongoing basis, we hope to hear from you as soon as possible but latest by 30.6.2024.
Depending on the role, we might invite you to a video interview and/or aptitude tests. Also, our recruitment process could include pre-employment actions such as background, reference, health checks and a drug test. If you would like to learn more about our recruitment process, please visit our career website.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Purchasing Manager Andreas Pettersson, email. Andreas.Pettersson@storaenso.com
Welcome to work in the renewable materials company!

• Good communication skills and influencing skills. Ability to negotiate.
• Solid team player with the ability to work independently and in an international context.
• Proactive, result-oriented, willing to take initiative and responsibility.
• Good networking and communication skills with experience acting in matrix organizations.
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to a changing working environment.
• Administrative skills and well-structured.
• Process and applications skills: SAP MM, MS Office, Outlook